How can I JSON encode an array in VB.NET?

I need to pass back a JSON result for a routine I am working with. In VB.NET, how can arrays be JSON encoded?

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Method 1

Dim serializer as New JavaScriptSerializer()
Dim arrayJson as String = serializer.Serialize(myArray)

Method 2

There are four ways:

Roll your own with a Custom formatter
Json.NET.
JavaScriptSerializer
DataContractJsonSerializer

I recently blogged about how to do Json Serialization.

Method 3

You are going to want to look into JSON serialization. Here is a good article that explains one way to do it (unfortunately the examples are in C#) but with more information we can probalby steer you towards the right toolkit.

Method 4

you could try the javascript serializer (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.script.serialization.javascriptserializer.aspx) I believe it was deprecated for a while by Microsoft but then un-deprecated (is that a word??) when they wanted to use it in MVC

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